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The NFL Players Association board of player representatives voted unanimously to form a committee to study the way in which the union’s executive director is elected, after an unusual election in which nine candidates ran for the job.
NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith was re-elected ...

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Barber: I’m not sure what we expected from either London trip I took to play. I love the city, though. I had been to London a few times before my first game there and had been to Wembley [Stadium] to watch soccer. So I ...

Sean Gilbert, the former NFL defensive tackle who is campaigning for the job of NFL Players Association executive director held by DeMaurice Smith, has consulted with two major New York law firms about his plan to terminate the NFL collective-bargaining agreement based on collusion claims.
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C BS Sports broadcaster and former Oakland Raiders CEO Amy Trask is writing a book on her life as a female executive in the NFL, and her agent, Maxx Sports & Entertainment President Mark Lepselter , plans to begin talks with prospective p ...

Keith Gordon is leaving his position as president of NFL Players Inc., and the NFL Players Association is actively searching for a replacement to head the union’s licensing and marketing arm.
Gordon, who has been president of NFLPI since August 2009, will remain in the position through the ...

R ob Ponger , the new president of sports and entertainment agency Stealth SME , said the firm is in advanced discussions on three acquisitions and that deals may be announced within the next two months.
“I feel really good about closin ...

Roc Nation has launched a boxing promotion division and is eyeing expansion into the hockey business as it looks to enter other sports, said Michael Yormark, the company’s president and chief of branding strategy.
“Myself and others here at Roc Nation have an extensive hockey backgrou ...

Stealth SME today is announcing that it has hired longtime former IMG exec Rob Ponger as President. Ponger will oversee the sports, media, entertainment and consultancy divisions of Stealth and work out of N.Y. He left IMG in May after working there for 20 years, most recently as IMG Senior V ...

Excel Sports Management’s fledgling corporate consulting business is not in a position to be a major player in the industry and go after its biggest clients, and Joe Zajac, the veteran hired to run the division, knows that.
Excel Consulting “is a startup concern that began, esse ...

Alan Zucker, marketing agent to such well-known celebrities as the Manning family, Danica Patrick and Taylor Swift, met with several sports and entertainment agencies before agreeing to join Excel Sports Management as its fourth full partner.
In addition to Patrick, Swift and the Mann ...

It was 22 years ago this summer when three ambitious young men met as they embarked on a career in sports business.
Mark Steinberg, Jeff Schwartz and Casey Close began working at the Cleveland headquarters of IMG. In 1992, that was the place to work if you wanted to be an agent. IMG’s found ...